St. John the Baptist Anglican Church

• its placement

on a typical urban lot, oriented east-west, with the main doors facing east

Key elements that define the exterior heritage character of the church include:

• the basic rectangular plan of the main building

with a medium-pitched gable roof (with slightly flared eaves) and with a square-planned vestibule and tower at the front

• the carefully crafted foundation, of cut granite fieldstone, articulated in its

plan to support walls and buttresses, extending approximately one and a half metres above grade, and opened at regular intervals with small windows

• the buff-coloured brick walls, rising flush from the

foundation walls and enhanced at the various buttresses extensions with capping features

• the fenestration,

with mostly pointed arches, including three sets of paired windows along the side walls (with large limestone sills), large openings (with louvers) in the upper stage of the tower, and a small paired window high on the chancel wall

• the composition of the tower, curved at its apex (and outlined along the curves

with metal coping and flashing) to support a delicate spire, itself consisting of a lower lantern section (with alternating louvered and cloverleaf sections) and capped with a tall and tapering spire

Key elements that define the interior heritage character of the church include:

• the large open and unobstructed

space, with formal composition focused on the chancel and altar, with pews arranged on either side of a wide central aisle

• the bright white plaster walls contrasted with the highly decorative wooden ceiling,

with carefully panelled insets and highly articulated beams whose lower extensions reach down onto the walls, etc.

• the various wooden features and elements, including doors and casings, pews, elaborate

staircase, etc.